Barber&#39;s stool.



J. DAVIS.

BARBEB'S STOOL.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. a, 1909.

. Patented Sept. 6,1910.

PATENT OFFICE.

JESSE DAVIS, 0F MILAN, KANSAS.

BARBER S STOOL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 3, 1909.

Patented Sept. 6, 1910.

Serial No. 516,037.

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The objects of the invention, are generally, the provision in amerchantable form,

of adevice of the above mentioned class,

which shall be inexpensive to manufacture, facile in operation, anddevoid of complicated parts; specifically, the provision of a stoolwhich is adapted to be so mounted that it may revolve about abarberschair or the like, as the operatormay desire to change his position, thestool being so constructed that it shall serve, not only as a seat, butas a rest upon which the operator may place his feet, the constructionbeing such that the device may be engaged by 'the shoe of the operator,to cause the device readily to re volve about a fixed center; it is,moreover, one of the objects of the invention, to improve and simplifythe general construction of the device of the class to which theinvention appertains.

With these and other objects in view, as will hereinafter more fullyappear, the invention consists in the novel construction and arrangementof parts hereinafter described, delineated in the accompanying drawings,and particularly pointed out in that portion of this instrument whereinpatentable novelty is claimed for certain distinctive features of thedevice, it being understood, that, within the scope of what ishereinafter claimed, divers changes in the form, proportion, size, andminor details of the structure may be made without departing from thespirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to denote corresponding partsthroughout the several figures of the drawings.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows my invention inperspective; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a portion of the device, theremaining portions being broken away.

The invention includes a vertical tubular member 1, in which is slidablymounted a seat-post 2, carrying a seat 19 thereon, which may be of anydesired construction. A set screw 3 is inserted radially into the member1 1 for the adjustment of the seat-post. The lower extremity of thetubular member 1 is mounted in a cross 4, and into the horizontallyextending portions of the cross, are insertedarms 5 which arehorizontally disposed. The extremities of the arms 5 carry elbows'6adapted to receive vertical legs 7 carrying at their lowerends,'floor-engaging" rollers 8, *the portion of the cross a whichextends below the arms 5 being connected with an elbow 9 into which isinserted one end of a bar 10 which is horizontally disposed. The otherextremity is inserted into the laterally extending portion of a tee 120f the bar, the upright portion of -Which constitutes *a socket adaptedto be mounted rotatably upon the reduced end 14 of an up? right 15,terminating anteriorly in a base 16 which is adapted to be mounted inany secure manner upon the floor 11, relatively near the base 17 of thechair, and beneath the back thereof. If desired, the standard 1 and thebar 10 may be connected by a diagonally disposed brace 20. By thuspositioning the upright 15 beneath the back of the chair, the upright isnot likely to serve as a stumbling block when the remaining portions ofthe device are removed therefrom, it being obvious that the tee 12 maybe lifted readily from the reduced end of the upright 15.

In practical operation, the operator, lifting his weight slightly fromthe seat 19, engages the bar 10 with his shoe, thereby causing thedevice to revolve to a position in which the work in hand may be moreadvantageously carried forward. The arms 5 are adapted to serve as afoot rest for the operator, and it is obvious, that if the members 5 areto exercise this function, they must be stationed at some considerabledistance above the floor 11, in order that the change of position in thefeet of the operator, from the floor 11 to the arms 5 may prove restful.Upon the other hand, it is advantageous that the horizontally disposedbar 10, should be located near to the floor 11, so that the bar 10, maybe engaged to revolve the stool above the chair, not merely by the ankleof the operator but by the shoe upon his 'foot. The bar 10, indeed,should be placed so close to the floor 11, that it may be engaged by alow shoe or slipper. In order, therefore, that the arms 5 whichconstitute a foot rest, may be disposed at a suflicient elevation, andthat the bar 10 may be disposed sufiiciently close to the floor 11, theportion 2 of the cross 4, together with the elbow 9, serve as anextension for the tubular member at standard 1, whereby the arms may beraised to a suitable height above the floor, and the bar 10 be disposedsufficiently close to the floor.

It is to be noted that the angles defined by the arms 5 and the straightbar 10, are unencumbered. By this construction, the leg of the operatoris permitted to come into contact with the diagonally disposed brace 20,so that not only the heels of the operator, but the calf of his leg aswell, may be employed in swinging the stool about.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire toprotect by Letters-Patent is A device of the class described comprisinga standard; straight, horizontally disposed arms extended in oppositedirections from the standard and constituting a rest for the feet of theoperator; depending legs connected with the arms; floor-engaging rollersmounted upon the lower ends of the legs; a straight, horizontallydisposed bar; a

transverse socket upon one end of the bar; a floor carried upright uponwhich the socket is rotatably and reinovably mounted; the standard beingprovided with an extension depending below. the arms and with which theother end of the bar is connected, the extension and the uprightconstituting a means for maintaining the bar at a fixed distance fromthe floor, for engagement by the heels of the operator; a diagonallydisposed brace connecting the standard with the bar, the angles definedby the bar and arms being unencumbered to permit the leg of the operatorto engage the brace; and a seat carried by the upper end of the standardand arranged to permit the feet of the operator to rest upon the arms.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own l have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

JESSE DAVIS.

lVitnesses:

T. A. DEFFENBAUGI-I, T. M. DERINGTON.

